US Patent Issued to Subaru on Sept. 29 for "Vehicle body front structure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,975, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Subaru Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle body front structure" was invented by Hiroyuki Katsuyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-body front structure for a vehicle includes front side frames in a pair and suspension towers in a pair. The side frames are arranged in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle and extend in a vehicle body longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The suspension towers support upper portions of suspension devices and are disposed outside the front side frames in the vehicle width direction. Joint flanges are provided respectively in the front side frames and ar...